Ann Dooley
Encyclopedia
Ann Dooley is a professor
with the Centre for Medieval Studies
and the Celtic Studies
Program at St. Michael's College
at the University of Toronto
where she specializes in Irish literature
. She has published a translation of Acallam na Senórach
entitled Tales of the Elders of Ireland as well as a study of Táin Bó Cuailnge
entitled Playing the Hero: Reading the Irish Saga Táin Bó Cuailnge'.
Professor
A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
with the Centre for Medieval Studies
Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies
The Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies is a research institute in the University of Toronto that is dedicated to advanced studies in the culture of the Middle Ages....
and the Celtic Studies
Celtic Studies
Celtic studies is the academic discipline occupied with the study of any sort of cultural output relating to a Celtic people. This ranges from linguistics, literature and art history archaeology and history, the focus lying on the study of the various Celtic languages, living and extinct...
Program at St. Michael's College
University of St. Michael's College
The University of St. Michael's College is a college of the University of Toronto, founded in 1852 by the Congregation of St. Basil of Annonay, France. While mainly an undergraduate college for liberal arts and sciences, St. Michael's retains its Roman Catholic affiliation through its postgraduate...
at the University of Toronto
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
where she specializes in Irish literature
Irish literature
For a comparatively small island, Ireland has made a disproportionately large contribution to world literature. Irish literature encompasses the Irish and English languages.-The beginning of writing in Irish:...
. She has published a translation of Acallam na Senórach
Acallam na Senórach
Acallam na Senórach is an important prosimetric Middle Irish narrative dating to the last quarter of the 12th century...
entitled Tales of the Elders of Ireland as well as a study of Táin Bó Cuailnge
Táin Bó Cúailnge
is a legendary tale from early Irish literature, often considered an epic, although it is written primarily in prose rather than verse. It tells of a war against Ulster by the Connacht queen Medb and her husband Ailill, who intend to steal the stud bull Donn Cuailnge, opposed only by the teenage...
entitled Playing the Hero: Reading the Irish Saga Táin Bó Cuailnge'.
Published works
- Dooley, Ann; and Roe, Harry (translators) (1999). Tales of the Elders of Ireland. Oxford. ISBN 0-19-283918-7
- Dooley, Ann. (2006). Playing the Hero: Reading the Irish Saga Táin Bó Cuailnge